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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALFRED L. MOOARTY, OF DES MOINES, IOlVA.

DENTAL ANfESTHETlC.

EPEGIFIC'ATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 402,263, dated April 30, 1889. Application filed January 17, 1889. Serial No. 296,650. (No specimenal To all 1071 0111, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALFRED L. MoOARTY, dentist, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Des Moines, in the county of Polk and State of Iowa,.have in- Vented a new and useful Anaesthetic, of which thoroughly mixedto produce a volatile fluid that can be readily put in vials, to be therein placed on the market for sale, and readily applied locally and hypodermically for all the purposes for which an anaesthetic is adapted.

Byadding the staphisagria the compound is greatly improved as an obtunder. \Vhile the compound can be advantageously applied externally by simply wetting the surface of an affected part of the body, it is specially adapted for use in extracting teeth. I

To prevent pain in using the forceps for extracting teeth, I inject about five (5) minims of the anaesthetic into the gums on each side of a tooth before I apply the forceps.

Vv'hat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

The herein-described compound to be used as an anaesthetic, consisting of crystallized muriate of cocaine, chloroform, fluid extract of staphisagria, (staves acre,) oil of cloves, and water, in about the proportions specified.

ALFRED L. MQOARTY.

Witnesses:

MARTIN P. SMITH, THOMAS G. OEWIG. 

